I propose to sit on this for 3 months until 8-8-2014, and then launch a community fork.  It ought not be a hostile takeover.  We computer literates are accustomed to abandonware.  Cryptocurrencies minimize authority in favor of community.  The coin itself owns no intellectual property.  We ought to make peace with the owners of the most appealing and most related intellectual property.

We may not need to act; there is no reason other than your feelings that the accepted devs must comment every day, week, or even month.  The book goes on even after the author perishes.  Some works are reborn by the hand of a new editor from a later generation.

My education is electrical engineering with training in programming,
...but my background is more in marketing.  I view the 42 as a marketing opportunity.  Don't get me started on my dislike of the marketing of the 42.  I'd need to explore the subtleties of cryptocurrencies before having much to contribute to code.